Mid-Prairie
Website:
Mid-Prairie High School
Address/Phone:
319.646.6091
1634 HWY 22 East
Wellman, IA 52356
Website:
Mid-Prairie High School
Address/Phone:
319.646.6091
1634 HWY 22 East
Wellman, IA 52356
DES MOINES — Same game. Different winner. Longtime former Eastern Iowa Hawkeye Conference rivals Solon and Mid-Prairie played a duplicate of their regular-season encounter Tuesday afternoon at the boys’ state basketball tournament. This time it was Solon building a big lead and holding on to win a Class 2A quarterfinal, 50-46. Mid-Prairie won the December meeting in almost identical fashion, 55-52. Deja vu all over again, as they say. “Yep. Exact same plot,” said Mid-Prairie guard Michael Aldeman. “Just switched.” Solon (24-2) plays IKM-Manning ...
THE TEAMS Team (W-L) Apps Titles Carroll Kuemper (15-11) 12 1 Des Moines Christian (26-0) 5 0 IKM-Manning (24-0) 1 0 Mid-Prairie (19-5) 7 0 Solon (23-2) 5 1 Turkey Valley (19-6) 1 0 Wapsie Valley (20-5) 7 0 Western Christian (22-3) 16 5 SCORING LEADERS Avg. Branden Stubbs (DMC) 25.8 Tyler Wolterstorff (WC) 19.3 Tanner Miller (M-P) 18.7 Zach Schmidt (WV) 14.9 Tanner Wentzien (Solon) 13.0 Michael Aldeman (M-P) 12.9 Jared Croghan (IKM) 12.8 Ryan Blumer (DMC) 12.3 Bryce Berg (CK) 12.0 Taylor Sickles (WV) 11.5 REBOUNDING LEADERS Avg. Zach Schmidt (WV) 9.6 Mitch Balik (TV) 7.8 Dilan Moss (WC) 7.2 Colin Ritzman (WV) ...
How about that? Mid-Prairie ended Solon's 33-game boys' basketball win streak via a 55-52 upset win Dec. 22 at Solon. Now the longtime rivals meet again ... this time in the quarterfinals of the state tournament. Mid-Prairie (19-5) is the sixth seed in Class 2A and will play third-seeded Solon (23-2) in a 1:45 p.m. quarterfinal Tuesday, March 9 at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. The defending 2A champion, Solon surprised a lot of people with a 61-32 blowouts of Danville (22-2) ...
Here's a look at the four boys' basketball games Saturday involving area schools. All games begin at 7 p.m. CLASS 1A Central City (13-11) vs. Calamus-Wheatland (19-5) at Clinton: Central City has been hurt by injuries to starters Jacob Etten and Mason Nielsen. Both are back in the lineup, which helped the Wildcats post district wins over Springville (42-40), Lone Tree (65-52) and Lisbon (63-46). Center John Rochford leads CC in scoring (15.2 ppg) and rebounding (11.3 rpg). Point guard Jeffrey Stevens ...
CEDAR RAPIDS — This is a big weekend for Tanner Miller. He’s having an official visit with the University of Iowa football program, taking a tour of U of I facilities Saturday morning and hanging out with a Hawkeye player Saturday night. But the young man has his priorities, and Saturday afternoon that was to be with his Mid-Prairie basketball team. “I couldn’t miss this game,” Miller said after he helped the Golden Hawks past rival Iowa City Regina, 57-48, during Rivalry ...
That'll be this Saturday at the U.S. Cellular Center. Tickets are $7 and available at the door. The schedule is: 1:30 p.m. - Lisbon (8-7) vs. North Cedar (15-1) 3:15 p.m. - Monticello (7-8) vs. Central City (8-7) 5 p.m. - Mid Prairie (10-4) vs. Iowa City Regina (9-4) 6:45 p.m. - Marion (12-3) vs. Benton Community (6-8) 8:30 p.m. - Cedar Rapids Washington (6-7) vs. Iowa City High (8-6) Am intererested to see North Cedar and sophomore Jordan Hay. The best game looks like it could be the Cedar Valley ...
This was going into Monday night's games. Western Dubuque lost to Solon on Monday night, so keep that in mind. OVERALL Team W-L Pvs ---- 1. Linn-Mar 8-1 1 ---- 2. C.R. Jefferson 6-1 4 ---- 3. C.R. Kennedy 6-2 2 ---- 4. Western Dubuque 9-1 8 ---- 5. C.R. Washington 4-5 3 ---- 6. Iowa City High 5-3 6 ---- 7. Washington (Iowa) 7-1 9 ---- 8. Solon 8-1 7 ---- 9. Maquoketa 7-2 — ---- 10. Marion 7-3 10 ---- Class 4A — 1. Linn-Mar (8-1), 2. Cedar Rapids Jefferson ...
The top six teams in the rankings have a number of wrestlers on the list. All of them have at least five wrestlers ranked. Defending state champion Ballard still leads the way with Denver-Tripoli and Davenport Assumption close behind. The state tournament could be very interesting depending upon the number of qualifiers each can take to Des Moines. Top 10 State Tournament Teams (# of ranked wrestlers) 1. Ballard (6) 2. Denver-Tripoli (8) 3. Davenport Assumption (7) 4. Independence (6) 5. Forest City (5) 6. East Marshall ...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Dec. 8, 2009) -- In recognition of the USA's outstanding gold medal performance at the inaugural FIBA Americas U16 Championship for Men, as well as two USA Men's Developmental National Team training camps in 2009, USA Basketball today announced Mid-Prairie High School (Iowa) head coach Don Showalter as the 2009 USA Basketball Developmental Coach of the Year. "I am very honored to be mentioned along with the other great coaches and past winners of the Developmental Coach of the ...
CLASS 4A ---- Tayler Bontrager (Iowa City West): Senior guard helped Cinderella team to state tournament last season, averaging 15.4 points per game. ---- Jarrod Uthoff (Cedar Rapids Jefferson): Junior center made big splash when promoted to varsity part way through last season, averaging 15 points and 7.6 rebounds in 11 games. ---- Marcus Paige (Linn-Mar): Smooth beyond his years as freshman point guard who helped his team to runner-up finish at state tourney last season. ---- Josh Oglesby (Cedar Rapids Washington): Junior shooter ...